EXPLOSION CLAIMS LIVES OF NINE IN PENNSYLVANIA MINE
An explosion at a mine operation at Nanticoke killed nine employees, and rescue squads recovered the last body late in the day. Two official investigations were announced, but officials said there was little chance of determining the cause, and eight members of the rescue squads overcome by gas fumes responded to first aid treatment.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Oct. 30 (Æ) - The explosion which caused the death of nine employes of the Susquehanna Collieries company at its No. 7 operation at Nanticoke today may be listed with other unsolved tragedies of the anthracite field Rescue squads late today recovered the last body.
With two official investigations announced, officials pointed out that there was little possiblty of determ ining the cause of the blast which wiped out every trace of life in the section, sealing the lips of those who might know.
Eight members of the rescue squads were overcome by gas fumes. They responded, however, to first aid treatment at the colliery hospital.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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EXPLOSION CLAIMS LIVES OF NINE IN PENNSYLVANIA MINE
An explosion at a mine operation at Nanticoke killed nine employees, and rescue squads recovered the last body late in the day. Two official investigations were announced, but officials said there was little chance of determining the cause, and eight members of the rescue squads overcome by gas fumes responded to first aid treatment.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Oct. 30 (Æ) - The explosion which caused the death of nine employes of the Susquehanna Collieries company at its No. 7 operation at Nanticoke today may be listed with other unsolved tragedies of the anthracite field Rescue squads late today recovered the last body.
With two official investigations announced, officials pointed out that there was little possiblty of determ ining the cause of the blast which wiped out every trace of life in the section, sealing the lips of those who might know.
Eight members of the rescue squads were overcome by gas fumes. They responded, however, to first aid treatment at the colliery hospital.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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EXPLOSION CLAIMS LIVES OF NINE IN PENNSYLVANIA MINE
An explosion at a mine operation at Nanticoke killed nine employees, and rescue squads recovered the last body late in the day. Two official investigations were announced, but officials said there was little chance of determining the cause, and eight members of the rescue squads overcome by gas fumes responded to first aid treatment.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Oct. 30 (Æ) - The explosion which caused the death of nine employes of the Susquehanna Collieries company at its No. 7 operation at Nanticoke today may be listed with other unsolved tragedies of the anthracite field Rescue squads late today recovered the last body.
With two official investigations announced, officials pointed out that there was little possiblty of determ ining the cause of the blast which wiped out every trace of life in the section, sealing the lips of those who might know.
Eight members of the rescue squads were overcome by gas fumes. They responded, however, to first aid treatment at the colliery hospital.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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EXPLOSION CLAIMS LIVES OF NINE IN PENNSYLVANIA MINE
An explosion at a mine operation at Nanticoke killed nine employees, and rescue squads recovered the last body late in the day. Two official investigations were announced, but officials said there was little chance of determining the cause, and eight members of the rescue squads overcome by gas fumes responded to first aid treatment.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Oct. 30 (Æ) - The explosion which caused the death of nine employes of the Susquehanna Collieries company at its No. 7 operation at Nanticoke today may be listed with other unsolved tragedies of the anthracite field Rescue squads late today recovered the last body.
With two official investigations announced, officials pointed out that there was little possiblty of determ ining the cause of the blast which wiped out every trace of life in the section, sealing the lips of those who might know.
Eight members of the rescue squads were overcome by gas fumes. They responded, however, to first aid treatment at the colliery hospital.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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EXPLOSION CLAIMS LIVES OF NINE IN PENNSYLVANIA MINE
An explosion at a mine operation at Nanticoke killed nine employees, and rescue squads recovered the last body late in the day. Two official investigations were announced, but officials said there was little chance of determining the cause, and eight members of the rescue squads overcome by gas fumes responded to first aid treatment.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Oct. 30 (Æ) - The explosion which caused the death of nine employes of the Susquehanna Collieries company at its No. 7 operation at Nanticoke today may be listed with other unsolved tragedies of the anthracite field Rescue squads late today recovered the last body.
With two official investigations announced, officials pointed out that there was little possiblty of determ ining the cause of the blast which wiped out every trace of life in the section, sealing the lips of those who might know.
Eight members of the rescue squads were overcome by gas fumes. They responded, however, to first aid treatment at the colliery hospital.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.
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